Public Law 76–89

That section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of certain

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auxiliary vessels for the Navy”, approved July 30, 1937 (50 Stat. 544), is hereby amended by inserting after the word “authorized”, in the fifth line thereof, the words “to acquire and convert or”, so that the said section as amended will read as follows:

Auxiliary vessels, acquisition and conversion or construction of certain, authorized.

“That for the purpose of furnishing or replacing auxiliary vessels urgently necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of the Navy, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to acquire and convert or to undertake the construction of about thirty-six thousand and fifty tons (light displacement tonnage) of such auxiliary vessels as follows, at a total cost for all vessels of not more than $50,000,000;

“(a)“(a)

One seaplane tender of about eight thousand three hundred tons;

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“(b)“(b)

One destroyer tender of about nine thousand tons;

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“(c)“(c)

One mine sweeper of about six hundred tons;

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“(d)“(d)

One submarine tender of about nine thousand tons;

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“(e)“(e)

One fleet tug of about one thousand one hundred and fifty tons; and

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“(f)“(f)

One oil tanker of about eight thousand tons”

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Sec. 2.

Sums heretofore or hereafter appropriated or made available

Sums available; usage.

for the commencement or for the construction and machinery, and armor, armament, and ammunition of auxiliary vessels for the Navy shall be held and considered to be available either for the acquisition and conversion or for the construction of such vessels.

Sec. 3.

The Act entitled “An Act making appropriations to supply

Certain cost provisions deleted.

deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes” (50 Stat. 755), is hereby amended by deleting therefrom,

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at page 768, the words “and the cost of either shall not exceed the estimated cost thereof set forth on pages 524 and 525 of the hearings of the House Committee on Appropriations on the Third Deficiency Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year 1937”: Provided, That nothing

Proviso.

Limit of cost not to be increased.

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herein contained shall be construed as increasing the limit of the total cost of $50,000,000 imposed by the Act of July 30, 1937, on the auxiliary vessels authorized therein.